@@88Tex I worked on and off AAFB in 1995-1996 and I have fond memories, however, as a contactor we were allowed and paid to go to the mainland every 3 months for 2 weeks. Partly to keep "Island Fever" at bay and mostly to keep our maximum per-diem. Islands are great when you are young with loads of money ;)
Was station at Andersen AFB in the 70's. 43rd OMS. Sign at the Main Gate read: "Guam is good. By order of Base Commander." And, actually is was! Some called it "the rock!" I actually enjoyed the whole time I was there. Never a lack of things to do. A lot of fun. Thanks for sharing the video!
I always wondered what the area looked like when my father was stationed in Guam in 1974. Can't believe I didn't look this up sooner! Thank you for filling the gap I can't ask my father for. Rest in peace Larry Morris, honorable air Force veteran ❤️❤️
@@altbross1ECM Repairmen tdy about 1969. Saw Bob Hope Christmas show that year Bob, Rosie Greer, Goldiggers, etc. Hot and humid. Shoes molded if left out. Remember 95 flares accidently hitting the runway. 🇺🇸
We were on Guam from 1969 to 1971. I attended Dededo Jr high, and then JFK. Things I remember: Skyview outdoor theater (we lived across the street), Superfort theater, tarague beach (did I spell that right), learning to play guitar, the bands, the Burlington express. Good friends.
i grew up in guam and call guam home .im 53 now and miss her so bad.i only hope some day i can go back.these videos mean so much to me it takes me back to a simpler place and time.i feel im very blessed my dad was in the air force and we got to go places most people dont even read about keep posting the videos i will keep watching thank u so much r pelkey
Amazing footage. I was just a little Guamanian boy when this was made (going on 3 years old in '65 and 12 in '74). It's surreal to think I was somewhere as a very young person on the island during the filming of the different scenes. Very nostalgic feelings... Little did I know I will eventually enlist and retire from the U.S. Air Force many years later ('84 - '05). Thank you for sharing this wonderful video. God bless.
I was on Guam from late 1963 to 1965. My dad was actually in the Navy at the Navy communications station but we lived near Andersen. I remember watching the B-52s taking off on their way to Vietnam. Guam was a great place to be a kid.
I was stationed on Andersen AFB, May 1963 to late October 1964. I worked in the pay section of Personnel. Every person that came to Guam cleared min through my section. Myself and Woody, a colleague, did everything to establish an airman or officer who arrived on station. My most profound memory was that on Sunday evening, November 24, 1964, I served as a master of ceremonies for the funeral mass for President John F Kennedy, said by the Bishop of Guam Apollinaris William B aumgartner, O.F.M., 1899-1970. It is the most touching Mass I have ever attended in my 78 years of life. Guam is still in my heart the first "most beautiful place ever" I have seen!
Loved this as my dad was stationed here for a bit and I spent the first six months of my life here in 68'. My mom hated it - hated the weather, hated the bugs - but I wonder if it's how I started to grow my love for the beach, warm weather and then my love for the military and AF when I ended up joining myself and spending 23 years in the AF! Dad would have loved seeing this; he has since passed on :(
Could be. I have an urge to go back...always get the urge and have once since I was there in '96. And being drawn to beaches/islands is real for me....
We were there with our Dad from 73 to 76. It is the most memorable place I have ever lived in all the places we were stationed at.I was amazed by this 35 mile long 15 mile wide Island, being able look over the edge a 600 foot cliff at the most beautiful blue ocean I ever seen along with story book beaches. The coconut crabs, monitor lizards, wild pigs, snorkeling almost every weekend, of course the jungle, and last but not even least, the 7.5 earthquake followed by Typhoon Pamela. I miss it.
Wow, this brings back memories. I was a young dependent and my dad was a "Typhoon Chaser." Spent a lot of time at the O club and the pool there and Mongolian BBQ night. Also it was always a thrill taking the blue bus down to Tarague Beach. I also remember running into the BX to look at the toys. I was amazed that B52s could actually fly. Also the tent cities they made near the O club. I will never forget the smell of those tents.
My dad was stationed on this base from 1962 to 1964 and we lived on base housing during that time. Thanks for posting this video, it brings back a lot of memories. We were there two years and experienced 6 typhoons including Typhoon Karen. The power was out for a while with that typhoon but neighbors joined together to help each other. Even remember the Air Force Band coming around to the neighborhood in the evening and playing music for us. :o)
I loved Guam, we were there for 3 years. I lived on 1145 Ulithi across from Capehert pool where I was the champion swimmer on my MOm's swim team. My name used to be on the bottom of the pool. Mom was the head lifeguard....we had the biggest front yard and I just walked up the hill to the pool,bowling alley,PX,youth center and the outdoor movie theatre where my Dad worked after teaching airplane mechanics. I would love to go back.
Was at Andersen from 74 to 75 in the Security Police Squadron. We had 16 B-52's on alert at that time Transfered into Military Customs and worked the MAC terminal with arriving and departing flights. Starting in early 1975 we all got involved in OPERATION NEW LIFE after the fall of Saigon. The island processed over 100,000 Vietnamese refugee's back to the states. It was a crazy time.
My family was stationed on Guam 1965-1968. We loved Guam. My parents had friendships with the locals and we enjoyed sharing family festivals with them. The island was a paradise then. No commercial cruise ships or flights.
I was TDY there from the 28th AMS at Ellsworth in 1972. I lived in tin city. I had a blast traveling all over the island! 12 HR shifts not so much. I remember coming into the shop at Ellsworth after replacing a piece of equipment in the top of the tail of a B52 while the temperature was about 10 below. My shift chief said he had some good news and bad news for me. Good news first, you get to go home early. Now the bad news, U R going to Guam tomorrow morning...! Going from 10 below to the sauna of Guam in a fairly short time was an amazing experience! Great memories....
please email me robertandfannie@outlook.com I'd like to share your memories of Tin City. I was SAC from Dyess AFB, TX lived in Tin City. I am trying to recall where the complex was in relation to SUGAR, CHARLIE and NANCY runways. Charlie was the center where we did light maintenance on powered AGE.
My Dad (Leon Yarzab) was stationed at Andersen Air Force base from 1969 to 1971. My Parents started the first PTA at Harmon Loop Elementary in 1971 where I attended Kindergarten. We lived in a Quonset Hut across the street from the boonies. Great Memories
this brought back so many happy memories.my father was a medic.my brother ricky was born in 1967 there,he was one of the biggest babies born there, my 3 sister and I started school there lived off base in a town called petey,we moved onto base after a few months.loved the beaches.my father was Richard Wilson, he used to have a friend named barney, who would come over and play with us.
My dad used to work on Anderson. I remember B-52s screaming overhead as they headed out or came back from Arc Light or Linebacker missions over Viet Nam. Man, I miss Guam.
This brings back so many good memories. I spent a couple of great years as a 6th grader living in officer housing at Anderson AFB in '61 and '62. Playing in the boonies behind our house, swimming and hunting sea shells at Tarague beach. Even typhoon Karen seemed like an adventure.
Awesome video! I've always wondered what Anderson looked like back in the days. We are currently stationed here and we love it! We were stationed here from 07-09 and decided to come back for a second tour. Thank you for posting this video! Oh, and the frogs are still here!
I was stationed there PCS from Oct 66 to Apr 68. Loved it there even though we were working 12 hours shifts 7 days a week for 14 of the 18 months I was there. I would love to go back to see all the changes. We were living at Marbo annex which(if I remember correctly) was about a 30 minute bus ride from the base. I worked on the flight line as much as possible to escape the BS in the shop. I was in what is now called "aircrew flight equipment" so I spent as much time inside the B-52's as some of the flight crews. I remember swimming in the cave below Marbo, climbing down to the reef at low tide. Watching the Russian trawler off the north end of the island. Does anyone out there remember the Typhoon in late 67 where the eye passed directly over Anderson. We had evacuated all of the aircraft to Kadena or Utapao(sp). I looked it up and it was a Cat 4 super typhoon named Gilda with max winds of 150 mph. I had the rare privilege of walking out of the shop on the flight line and looking up to see blue skies and hear birds singing, all surrounded by this circular wall of black churning clouds. It was a sight I have never forgotten. I thought Tarague beach was the best I had ever seen. While there I got to see two Bob Hope specials although from a great distance......officers had to be up close. All in all, I really loved being there. Nothing like seeing 30 B-52's lined up nose to tail, waiting to take off. Great memories.
I was at AAFB on three consecutive TDYs in the TIN CITY Barracks 1971 to 1973. I remember all the mold because we didn't have AC units, as permanent party was reported to have, but still an experience remembered fondly. Do you recall the TIN CITY? where was it located in relation to the runways going off at Turagey? I remember all the Buffs taking off every 8 hours.
@@fannie-robertchavez8356 Tin City did not exist in Apr. '68 when I left. We only had about 80 to 90 B-52's at that time. I cannot imagine what it was like when they had over 100. We were launching 30 planes at a time about every 12 hours if I remember correctly. I used to park the truck between the runways overlooking the ocean. Sometimes we were recovering and launching at almost the same time. Quite an adventure.
Thanks for the memories. I was stationed there 1958-1960. Crew chief on single engine jet fighters, F86D's, number on vertical stabilizer was niner, niner five. Pilot graduated from Indiana so Herky the hawk was painted on the fuselage. She is in the place where all fighter jets go that are slow and outdated. It was an island paradise. Still had at least one remaining Japanese soldier hidden in the jungle that surrendered later. Loved the Guamanian people but they got screwed by military and big business.
This is Guam the way I remember it when I lived on Anderson AFB as a child 1959-66. My family used all of the serves in the buildings shown, and we used to go to Tarague beach also shown. Its a heck of a lot different now and so modern that I couldn't recognize it.
Our family was stationed at Andersen Air Force Base. We lived in a Quonset hut. I was 3 and my brother 5 or 6. My dad had served since 1962 until 1973. Honorably discharged Ssgt. Leon Yarzab. I was born on an Air Force Base in Abilene, Tx., and my brother was born on an Air Force base in Bermuda. God bless America.
My dad Sgt. Hubert Thomas Yarborough, Sr. Retired from Homestead AFB February 28, 1963. Before this tour he was stationed to Guam. My whole family went with him to live on Guam, for the next two years. We arrived on Guam December 25, 1956 transported by the USS Sultan. Our first place we lived was off base on property that an old Guamyam owned before WW2. When the Japanese moved into Guam the property was taken over and a compound was built for the Japanese officers to live. When the war was over everything was left and the old Guamyam turned everything into rental property. We lived in one of the apartments. Nine months later we moved into the base housing. In 1957 we took a trip to Japan for 3 weeks. When we got back to Guam we packed up and headed back to the states. Of all the books , movies, and TV this was a lifetime experience. I would love to see Guam one more time. I read about Guam and all the that are going on . We lived around the corner the International Airport. My dad showed my mother how to drive the car when there was no Airport, and walk to the beach almost every day when it was water sand and sky. I could write on and on. Tommy Yarborough from Roxboro, N. C. Misses Guam.
Became a member of the "Knights of the Altar" at Chapel One in 1961. Played my first baseball game on AAFB in 1960. Received my first Advanced Swimmer patch at Capehart Pool. First time as Tenderfoot Boy Scout was on base. Mowed my first lawn on Andersen. Met Bob Hope and many famous people at the Bob Hope Show sponsored by the USO. Encountered my first typhoon, Typhoon Karen, on base. Such devastation! Saw the last B-47 leave and the first B-52 arrived.Saw my first plane crash on landing and take-off. Saw a K-9 Training presentation,live. And many more adventurous tales to mention.
Lived on Guam long before the Vietnam War, from 61 to 63 - Guam was a total paradise then. After school we would run to the pristine beaches - it was an amazing place - one I will always remember. Was also there for Typhoon Karen, category 5 typhoon, no one heard about it b/c of our military. It was a week before the Golden Bear (Pacific Far East Lines ship) sailed into port. My Dad was Operations Manager for PFEL in those days.
I was there at the same time - in 6th grade. It was an absolute wonderland for a kid my age. My sister and I spent way too much time at Tarague beach. Even typhoon Karen seemed like an adventure. My dad was a pilot at Andersen AFB. In my mind now it all seems so magical
Lived here 1960-64 and Yes we managed to survive Typhoon Karen 1962 (I think we were without water & electricity for several days and not school for 3 weeks!) I learned how to swim at the new(at the time) NCO pool because I nearly drowned at Tarague Beach. EXCELLENT place to grow-up as a kid.
Jim Lombard I was there from 65'-67' Worked at AFRCOSTA the couriers. We were next to the terminal in the little building between weather and the combat defense squad muster station. The weather was great, the in flight kitchen was always good for "Emergency midnight meals" for a favor since the base chow hall only promised Montezuma's revenge if you were lucky. Loved the liquor prices. a quart of Chevis was $3.25 and beer was .75 cents a six pack.
Stationed at Andersen from 4th of July 74 until October 75.....worked in the 43rd SPS, first on the flightline humpin those 16 B-52's we had on alert....then managed to train with U.S. Customs and Navy Customs as a Air Force Custom's agent. Managed to get in a nice air conditioned MAC terminal working the weekly military flights back and forth from S.E. Asia and Japan, etc...was right in the middle of OPERATION NEW LIFE when we began evacuating Vietnamese refugee's into TENT CITY on Guam, That was a grueling time with 12 hour shifts 7 days a week with over 100,000 refugees going through the island back to the states after the fall of Saigon....in April 75. Was quite an experience.
I was TDY there in 72 from Carswell AFB. Returned to Carswell Feb 73 and PCS back to Guam in Aug 74. We loved every minute there...even during Typhoon Pamela. Always wanted to go back for a visit.
I was TDY 1965 Arc Light( the first group ) from Carswell AFB 7th Bomb Wing 7th CES Welding and Sheet metal shop. I was cross trained in MMS and went TDY to Anderson AFB worked as a bomb assembler in the Igloos and revetments. Did not get anytime off just to sleep Got to Agana once but there was nothing then...
know every one of those spots well. Dad would get off work at midnight (ARC Light Planner) and we'd head down to tarague beach and catch lobster till 4am. Always had lobster in the freezer. Nobody but us went out there at night. The Skyview open theater we called the "washout" for obvious reasons. Even better than a drive in ! This video was like a flashback. Was there in 65-66 and 71-74. Guam was good! Went to Dededo and JFK on the second trip, swam on the swim team, no typhoons hit. Went back in 2009 to chase the typhoons ironically. Southern part of Guam was unchanged - like stepping back into time. Tumon is built up - was just a sandy beach for BBQing then - but the food is still awesome. That water was so blue and clear. Lived in the Florida Keys for 13 years and it doesn't even come close to Guam. What a great place to grow up.
Also there in '71-73, working in Accounting & Finance, lived at Marbo barracks then at Tent City when all the NCO's came over TDY - we had to give up our "cushy dorm rooms", ha. Those B52's that bombed Hanoi came from Guam. I watched em take off one right after the other. Really enjoyed touring the island, riding my cheap motorcycle off road..till it got stolen by some locals. Dated a local gal for a while, nothing to shout about there, hehe. Marbo was 6 - 2 story barracks that also housed local civilians that worked on base. I also enjoyed going to the "outdoor" walk-in theatre on base. Women were very scarce on base(not counting the lifer's daughters...16 will get ya 20) so if you wanted a date you had to go into Agana. It had a few hotels but hadn't really developed into a resort area yet. I do remember several Naval bases on the rock, and we even had a football rivalry going with them playing most of the games at Andersen. Bob Hope came to put on a USO show there...that was a blast seeing that. It was packed with AF and Navy personnel. Good times.
Our family lived there from 1972-1976. My husband worked 12-hour shifts for the first two years we were there. Our youngest daughter was born in 1974 at the Naval Hospital. We lived in Barrigada for one year and then on Andersen AFB, Carabao Ave. for the remaining 3 years. Left a couple months after super typhoon Pamela. I loved it there. Great times and great people! My kids and husband looked like natives by the time we left. Me, I just sunburn :).
@@diannmyers1019 My husband was a mechanic on the B52s then. He said he remembers that incident and said maintenance got into a whole lot of trouble over it. Did your husband have to stay onboard for the entire mission then or did they return to the base? My husband was always curious about that.
Was stationed there during Bulletshot, from Barksdale AFB, Autopilot troop, got my OJT out of the way fast and spent most of my time working graveyard shift, those were some hectic times. Seems like only yesterday, but it was certainly
Stationed here in 1966, Operation Arc Light. Not too excited then but our perspective changes with time. Fondly remember the Airmen's Club (E-4's and below, Yey! Well drinks were 30 cents, others 50 cents. Remember listening to the juke box to Percy Sledge's, "When a Man Loves a Woman", the Righteous Brothers', "You've Lost That Loving Feeling". These were hot on the charts in those wonder years. Not much in Agana other than a department store, believe it was named the Town House. Clearly etched in my memory is the sight of the B-52's coming back at night after a bombing run. Their combined lights formed a staircase in the sky as they descended. That was a beautiful unforgettable sight.
I was at AAFB on three consecutive TDYs in the TIN CITY Barracks 1971 to 1973. I remember all the mold because we didn't have AC units, as permanent party was reported to have, but still an experience remembered fondly. Do you recall the TIN CITY? where was it located in relation to the runways going off at Turagey? I remember all the Buffs taking off every 8 hours. Formerly Powered AGE
In November of 1967, Columbus AFB, MS Crew E-13 became the first B-52D crew to complete 100 combat missions in SEA, a total far surpassed by many other crews in the following years. We were proud to have been the first, and Gen. Paul McConnell gave us our 5th Air Medals in the briefing room at Andersen AFB. An unforgettable time and experience.
I was with the 605th MASS (aerial Port) stationed 69-71. Watching the clip brings back memories. Tarague Beach was my favorite. Island is nothing but condos and hi rises now. Wouldn't want to go back there now.
Yeah, this is a pretty good video to peak the interest on what Guam used to look like. I was a rug rat there from 67 to 69 (dad was 1st sgt for a B52 maintenance squadron) and had a complete blast between going to JFK and scuba diving and everything else you could do there. I was back from 73 through the end of 75 in the Navy stationed at Navfac Guam at Ritidian Pt. The last time I was there was in 1977 and it had changed a lot...love to go back again just to see it one more time!
Sorry, my name was and still is Mark Itzko. Aerial Port (605th MASS) 69-71... Great memories, lots of good times and friends. Met a good friend and roommate after 46 years, Pat Wren
I was there from 8/71 to 11/72. AMS squadron. Nothing but B-52's and Tankers. There were over 200 D and G model 52's parked. About 30 Tankers. And always some strange cargo bird to drop in on us. I actually got to work on the Blue Angels. They were F-4's back then. Navy was unable to support them there. But my roomie and I spent a whole weekend fixing the F-4's and the C-130 Marine support bird. Radar hadn't worked in months. We got a nice letter from the Marines for our effort. But no raise. Hah. We pulled 12hr shifts, 6 days a week. Lived in Tin city. Wasn't fun........but have wonderful memories. Was there when the last known surviving Japanese Soldier was found. Weird. Drove around the island many times. At the time.......the world's largest McDonalds was downtown. Tallest building on the island was the Air Traffic control Tower on Anderson. I would love to go back and see what it is now. Certainly not the same. It's very civilized now. Shame. I liked the old Guam. I got to go to Tinian and help set up an emergency landing system for the 52's that came back with hanging bombs. I saw where the Enola Gay was launched, and the bomb loading pit. Amazing history. I don't ever remember a 52 needing to land at Tinian. But I do remember a few landing with hanging bombs. It was a 12 hr mission from Guam to Nam and back. And we turned the birds around in 72 hrs. Some sooner depending on maintenance. We launched 72 52's a day. Do the Math. And almost as many from U-Tapao, Thailand. I was there TDY in 1970. Our wing was responsible for bombing the Ho Chi Minh Trail in Cambodia and Laos. It was classified then, but has since been declassified. If you like humid....you will like Guam.
My father was TDY there during the later Linebacker Operations at the close of the Vietnam War. He flew onboard special (USAFSS) configured KC-135 made into Airborne Radio Relay Aircraft flown deep over Noth Vietnam.
Talk about the Skyview open area theater, we landed early one evening from a combat mission and got back to the BOQ just across the street. Our whole crew lined up and shot a salvo of parachute flares over the building and into the crowd while the movie was in progress. When the APs arrived we were all fast asleep! Ah, memories, memories of a happier, more patriotic time . . . . .
***** Hi Leslie: What an unusual reply to a light-hearted comment I made about Guam. The "Willy Victor" that you asked about was an RC-121, the military version of the famous three-tailed Lockheed Constellation. It was flown by the Air Force, Navy and Marines as a long range (often anti-submarine) search aircraft and was one of the most beautiful of all the propeller driven aircraft (See attachments).The gentleman who sits next to me at our church flew them from Argentia, Newfoundland out in the North Atlantic years ago, patrolling for Russian subs during the height of the Cold War. Do you still live on Guam? I have many fond memories of the island also. Regards, Derek D.
@nlcatter my father was stationed there in '65/'66( B-52 Mech.) I also believe the guy at 1:47 with his fingers in his ears is my dad. I don't know how or if it could ever be confirmed, but it was interesting to see where my dad often talked about. He said, "there were frogs all over the place."
We were stationed there 83-85! As a 7 year Guam was the most boring place ever! You can only go to the beach so many times. But I am thankful for the experience :)
I was TDY from Dyess AFB in '73. Not a bomber on the runway at Dyess but when I arrived at Andersen it was hard to believe my eyes. Seemed like every B52 in the Air Force inventory was stationed at Andersen. Accommodations were less than 5 star at tent city but working 12 hour shifts, 6 days a week made tent city seem like the Ritz Carlton.
Robert-Fannie Chavez 1 second ago please email me robertandfannie@outlook.com I'd like to share your memories of Tin City. I was SAC from Dyess AFB, TX lived in Tin City. I am trying to recall where the complex was in relation to SUGAR, CHARLIE and NANCY runways. Charlie was the center where we did light maintenance on powered AGE. Show less
You may have seen my husband there working on the B-52's. You may have read the article about him in the Stars and Strips. He was still working on a B-52 when it took off. Luckily he knew where the hatch was and was able to get to it.
Spent a lot of time at the NCO club near the SSBN submarine base. Good price on the drinks. Remember one waiter who was really good at serving us drunks. His name was Greg. That was in 1969.
Hey I was 43rd SPS from 72-73. When I arrived there were six B-52's and two KC-135's on alert, and two of each in stand by. Then arc light hit and they moved us to tin city, then a few months later into tents near the bowling alley. I hated the damn place with a passion. I worked WSA most of the time, bit did my time before that humping the ramp too. My favorite place I worked before WSA was the POL pipeline at the south end of the field. I would go to about halfway between the length of the pipeline and sit there until I saw headlights then I'd get up and pretend to have been walking. It was a great place to hide there use to be bushes there that no one could see me LOL. When arc light started we had so many people they made up things to guard. If you were ever in WSA, in the alarm monitors room, just inside the door of the battery room there was a big hole in the wall. I did that, trying to learn how to use a buffer. I've sometimes wondered if it's still there.
Sam Mundy, I was stationed there from 83 to 85 . lot of good times there. lot of long days also. 43rd Transportation, vehicle maintenance. used to get good BBQ at the Latte stone on sat. morning
A long time ago...was there April 1972 to Oct 1972 the full 179 day TDY then back to the World and then TDY to Clark AB for Bulletshot. First was Arc Light.
I was there in 1973 Operation Bullet Shot from McCoy Afb we were the last to leave the base out of all SAC units.Funny how they didn't show tin city we all lived in.
+lyle anderson No, this is a feel-good movie. I was there in 82-83 and I heard about the tent cities, people smoking dope all day and no one cared because the troops were working 7-12's.
We busted butt for the war machine for sure my choice was beer pool basketball after J-57 shop for 12 hr shifts ...beer parties on Friday.We were packed in like sardines so your right....no need to see that.
Stopped there on my way to and from Vietnam. I vividly remember the carpet bombing raids from the 52’s that I would imagine either came out of Guam or Thailand.
My Father Serve U.S.AIR FORCE Anderson Air Force Base 1965 also Serve Brentwaters England 🇬🇧 81th Fligher Wing Vietnam 🇻🇳 Fixe B-52 Bomber F-105 Thunder ⛈️ chief F-4 Phantom 👻 C-130 KC-135
I served my sentence on center ramp, on the G models. I also left in Apr of '73. I tell you that island was F%$# up. We worked 12 hour shifts and a lot of the time 7 days a week. I was there for the Christmas bombings. We were launching so many aircraft at one time we had to drag the AGE equipment from one plane to the next. I think there was like 20,000 TDY troops when I was there. They had tin city 1, tin city 2, tent city 1 and 2 and all the crews were staying downtown in luxury hotels. I lived out in Marbough about 15 miles from the base. It took about an hour and a half to get to and from work. 12 hour shift + 3 hours of travel time X 7 days a week = very little time for eating get laundry done, writing a letter and sleeping. A lot of things happened while I was there. It was an interesting tour of duty. It was a beautiful island if you got to see any of it. It would have been a great tour for a married guy that was PCS. I went back about 2 years later when they were sending all the Bullet Shot airplanes back to the states. I would like to go back someday. To visit for a night or two, NO MORE THAN THAT.
Grow up!!!. You could have been closer to the action. Yes, it was hot, humid etc however, you again could have been closer to the action. Last Grow up!!!
+John Seigal That was his story, it wasn't brash, he can tell it like he wants to. I appreciate his rendition. I was there 82-83 so all we had was peacetime BS, probably worse in ways than war.
0:53 is my pops he worked at headquarters,always playing jokes on his co-workers, oh the short one on the left,like one time this guy kept taking his box chocolates so oneday he came with a new box but removed the real stuff,and melted exlax, and laughed all day watching the guy hit the toilet, and wiping hot pepper on envelopes, for the guy that was sending out mail everyday, does anyone remember playing darts all day i was always there with him when i was 3,4,5 master sgt james rodgers(jimmy)
FYI. There are NO Frogs on Guam. BUT there is an overwhelming population of TOADS. When We frist moved to Guam Back In 1957 we lived on a small housing project called perm base. On Turner st. After the "Wet" season started theses critters would be everywhere and I remember my mother cringing from the sound of the wheels of the car making a horrible thumping or slapping sound from running over these guys. Not too much you could do. there was thousands of them .
I was at AAFB on three consecutive TDYs in the TIN CITY Barracks 1971 to 1973. I remember all the mold because we didn't have AC units, as permanent party was reported to have, but still an experience remembered fondly. Do you recall the TIN CITY? where was it located in relation to the runways going off at Turagey? I remember all the Buffs taking off every 8 hours. If you were in tent city, im hoping you remember Tin City. Robert
I was there from 1/71- 6/72 as an AGE tech. Lived in the nice barracks until they expanded the mission and was transferred to Tin City to make room for all the TDY officers . I drove the bus that took guys down to the beach after my shift on the flight line was over. I had a ‘67 MG Midget that I loved touring the island in and had fun swimming at the Inaronhon (sp?)pools, bar hopping in Agana, and snorkeling and spear fishing inside the reef. So many great memories, even the short TDY to Utapou (sp?)AFB in Thailand. Made some good friends, both enlisted and dependent. Would love to hear from anyone who might recognize my name or wants to share stories from this time in history!
Robert-Fannie Chavez 1 second ago please email me robertandfannie@outlook.com I'd like to share your memories of Tin City. I was SAC from Dyess AFB, TX lived in Tin City. I am trying to recall where the complex was in relation to SUGAR, CHARLIE and NANCY runways. Charlie was the center where we did light maintenance on powered AGE. Show less
yes the frog definitely exist. One of our ramp patrol fire crews brougth one into the fire station wrapped up in newspaper and plopped it down on the pingpong table. It sat there glistening with the poison oozing out of its skin. Freaky.
remember the rats! big ones. the day i landed flying in all we saw was b-52 tails. one taking off and landing every min and a half almost 24 hrs a day.we was in barricks by the chowhall.
james carver What squadron were you in, and when were you there ? I was SPS 72-73. I got to Guam three months before the Arc Light flights restarted, we had six Buff's on alert, that was all there was besides the Grey Ghost.. Then on day after a night shift they cam banging on our doors telling us we had to move to Tin City to make room for the air crews. The B-52's then started to arrive until they filled the ramp.
WootTootZoot forgot which flight worked swing shift. got there in april 1973. worked most in alert area sometimes up on suger 88 when c-5s where there. when i made e-4 got to be entry controllor to alert area. we had 12 buffs and 4 kc-135 on alert
james carver I left in April 73, we probably just crossed paths when you got there. I remember hearing there was a guy in CSC that found out his wife was doing the nasty with one of the other CSC ComPlotters. The story was he went in to start his shift and ended up holding a gun to the guys head for about an hour until the Flight Chiefs could calm him down. Did you ever work WSA ? I was there most of the time. We use to climb into the old guard towers and watch the Buffs leaving and watch out over the North end to see where the Russian survey ship was.
WootTootZoot no i workeg flight line the whole time sometimes got posted on suger 88 C-5'si was there for the earth quake and the typhoon then left for north daktoa in dec.
The ABCs of Salvation, or how to be right with God, and know you're going to Heaven: A-dmit that you're a sinner, and need a Savior. As it is written: There is none righteous, no, not one. Romans 3:10 For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God. Romans 3:23 B-elieve that Jesus Christ died paying the penalty for your sins, and rose from the grave. He Himself bore our sins in His body on the cross. 1 Peter 2:24 For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received, that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, and that He was buried, and that He was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures... 1 Corinthians 15:3-4 C-all on the Lord Jesus Christ to save you, and trust only in Him for your salvation. If you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. Romans 10:9 For whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved. Romans 10:13 The moment you "believe," or, put your trust in what Jesus has done for you, God saves you and your eternal destiny in Heaven is assured. You go from spiritual death to eternal life the moment you believe. Jesus said it this way: Most assuredly, I say to you, he who hears My word and believes in Him who sent Me has everlasting life, and shall not come into judgment, but has passed from death into life. John 5:24😀
June 3, 2023 Irene Laca Imanil (real grand daughter of Agripina Ferrer, daughter of Orlando Ferrer Imanil and Norma Laca) calling from Waikiki Public Library that the US airbases seem to work against me in the 21st century of digital age. I know I am listed at AAFB because I am not there. What a backward display of royal heritage. Here at Hickam, I am not listed because I am here, but someone else is me and going by my name. It strongly suggest that Hickam is not mine because I am here. However, once I leave HI, I am listed at Hickam but that in the airbase of my new destination? No, I have to register at Hickam upon my departure from HI with escort of military to my new destination to be un block. But if I'm not escorted to my new destination, I can be block at the airbase of my new destination? Then a politician from the state has to pick me up and escort me to the airbase or the politician will pick me up to his or her house or hotel and escort me to the airbase several days later. What if Kennedy (my fight with the airbases of US is with Kennedy) block me? Rules of Engagement must work. All fake Irene Imanil in my new destination must release my name. I will ask for Mr. Robert Mueller to stand at the gate to ensure I am un block, or I will ask for the US President to stand at the gate, but would he? He'll assign someone to be there. How is Orlando Ferrer Imanil, Orly Laca Imanil (with Norma Laca), Myra Laca Imanil (with Norma Laca) and Ligaya Charfauros Imanil (Orly Laca Imanil's daughter) in GU today? They are the remaining generations of Agripina Ferrer-Imanil in GU.
My fondest and most happiest childhood memories was growing up in Andersen Air Force base. Thank you for sharing this footage!
I’m glad you liked it. We’re stationed here now and this place sucks, covid has a bit to do with it but besides the beach there’s nothing to do.
@@88Tex I worked on and off AAFB in 1995-1996 and I have fond memories, however, as a contactor we were allowed and paid to go to the mainland every 3 months for 2 weeks. Partly to keep "Island Fever" at bay and mostly to keep our maximum per-diem. Islands are great when you are young with loads of money ;)
@@herrfinke1 lived there when I was a kid 94 - 96, missed it, dad used to take us to the beach every weekend.
Was station at Andersen AFB in the 70's. 43rd OMS. Sign at the Main Gate read: "Guam is good. By order of Base Commander." And, actually is was! Some called it "the rock!" I actually enjoyed the whole time I was there. Never a lack of things to do. A lot of fun.
Thanks for sharing the video!
I always wondered what the area looked like when my father was stationed in Guam in 1974. Can't believe I didn't look this up sooner! Thank you for filling the gap I can't ask my father for. Rest in peace Larry Morris, honorable air Force veteran ❤️❤️
RIP to your father I was there also 73-74 weapons loading fond memories my son was born on Guam
@@altbross1ECM Repairmen tdy about 1969. Saw Bob Hope Christmas show that year Bob, Rosie Greer, Goldiggers, etc. Hot and humid. Shoes molded if left out. Remember 95 flares accidently hitting the runway. 🇺🇸
I was TDY to Guam 1968 great time riding out a typhoon, thanks for the memories.
We were on Guam from 1969 to 1971. I attended Dededo Jr high, and then JFK. Things I remember: Skyview outdoor theater (we lived across the street), Superfort theater, tarague beach (did I spell that right), learning to play guitar, the bands, the Burlington express. Good friends.
i grew up in guam and call guam home .im 53 now and miss her so bad.i only hope some day i can go back.these videos mean so much to me it takes me back to a simpler place and time.i feel im very blessed my dad was in the air force and we got to go places most people dont even read about keep posting the videos i will keep watching thank u so much r pelkey
Amazing footage. I was just a little Guamanian boy when this was made (going on 3 years old in '65 and 12 in '74). It's surreal to think I was somewhere as a very young person on the island during the filming of the different scenes. Very nostalgic feelings... Little did I know I will eventually enlist and retire from the U.S. Air Force many years later ('84 - '05). Thank you for sharing this wonderful video. God bless.
Thank you for your service!
I was on Guam from late 1963 to 1965. My dad was actually in the Navy at the Navy communications station but we lived near Andersen. I remember watching the B-52s taking off on their way to Vietnam. Guam was a great place to be a kid.
I was on Guam 72-74. Great place to be a kid.
I was stationed on Andersen AFB, May 1963 to late October 1964. I worked in the pay section of Personnel. Every person that came to Guam cleared min through my section. Myself and Woody, a colleague, did everything to establish an airman or officer who arrived on station. My most profound memory was that on Sunday evening, November 24, 1964, I served as a master of ceremonies for the funeral mass for President John F Kennedy, said by the Bishop of Guam Apollinaris William B aumgartner, O.F.M., 1899-1970. It is the most touching Mass I have ever attended in my 78 years of life. Guam is still in my heart the first "most beautiful place ever" I have seen!
Loved this as my dad was stationed here for a bit and I spent the first six months of my life here in 68'. My mom hated it - hated the weather, hated the bugs - but I wonder if it's how I started to grow my love for the beach, warm weather and then my love for the military and AF when I ended up joining myself and spending 23 years in the AF! Dad would have loved seeing this; he has since passed on :(
Could be. I have an urge to go back...always get the urge and have once since I was there in '96. And being drawn to beaches/islands is real for me....
I was on Guam for my last two years of highschool 1964-1966. I too wish to visit it again.
We were there with our Dad from 73 to 76. It is the most memorable place I have ever lived in all the places we were stationed at.I was amazed by this 35 mile long 15 mile wide Island, being able look over the edge a 600 foot cliff at the most beautiful blue ocean I ever seen along with story book beaches. The coconut crabs, monitor lizards, wild pigs, snorkeling almost every weekend, of course the jungle, and last but not even least, the 7.5 earthquake followed by Typhoon Pamela. I miss it.
Wow, this brings back memories. I was a young dependent and my dad was a "Typhoon Chaser." Spent a lot of time at the O club and the pool there and Mongolian BBQ night. Also it was always a thrill taking the blue bus down to Tarague Beach. I also remember running into the BX to look at the toys. I was amazed that B52s could actually fly. Also the tent cities they made near the O club. I will never forget the smell of those tents.
My dad was stationed on this base from 1962 to 1964 and we lived on base housing during that time. Thanks for posting this video, it brings back a lot of memories. We were there two years and experienced 6 typhoons including Typhoon Karen. The power was out for a while with that typhoon but neighbors joined together to help each other. Even remember the Air Force Band coming around to the neighborhood in the evening and playing music for us. :o)
I loved Guam, we were there for 3 years. I lived on 1145 Ulithi across from Capehert pool where I was the champion swimmer on my MOm's swim team. My name used to be on the bottom of the pool. Mom was the head lifeguard....we had the biggest front yard and I just walked up the hill to the pool,bowling alley,PX,youth center and the outdoor movie theatre where my Dad worked after teaching airplane mechanics. I would love to go back.
Was at Andersen from 74 to 75 in the Security Police Squadron. We had 16 B-52's on alert at that time Transfered into Military Customs and worked the MAC terminal with arriving and departing flights. Starting in early 1975 we all got involved in OPERATION NEW LIFE after the fall of Saigon. The island processed over 100,000 Vietnamese refugee's back to the states. It was a crazy time.
My family was stationed on Guam 1965-1968. We loved Guam. My parents had friendships with the locals and we enjoyed sharing family festivals with them. The island was a paradise then. No commercial cruise ships or flights.
I was TDY there from the 28th AMS at Ellsworth in 1972. I lived in tin city. I had a blast traveling all over the island! 12 HR shifts not so much. I remember coming into the shop at Ellsworth after replacing a piece of equipment in the top of the tail of a B52 while the temperature was about 10 below. My shift chief said he had some good news and bad news for me. Good news first, you get to go home early. Now the bad news, U R going to Guam tomorrow morning...! Going from 10 below to the sauna of Guam in a fairly short time was an amazing experience! Great memories....
Was there also in 1972. Tdy from 68 one Seymour Johnson AFB north Carolina
That was 68th Oms
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I'd like to share your memories of Tin City. I was SAC from Dyess AFB, TX lived in Tin City. I am trying to recall where the complex was in relation to SUGAR, CHARLIE and NANCY runways. Charlie was the center where we did light maintenance on powered AGE.
My Dad (Leon Yarzab) was stationed at Andersen Air Force base from 1969 to 1971. My Parents started the first PTA at Harmon Loop Elementary in 1971 where I attended Kindergarten. We lived in a Quonset Hut across the street from the boonies. Great Memories
this brought back so many happy memories.my father was a medic.my brother ricky was born in 1967 there,he was one of the biggest babies born there, my 3 sister and I started school there lived off base in a town called petey,we moved onto base after a few months.loved the beaches.my father was Richard Wilson, he used to have a friend named barney, who would come over and play with us.
My dad used to work on Anderson. I remember B-52s screaming overhead as they headed out or came back from Arc Light or Linebacker missions over Viet Nam. Man, I miss Guam.
Great memories of Anderson. "62-64" as a teenager. Dad flew the ole B47's back then. Retired after Guam. Things sure have changed since we were there.
This brings back so many good memories. I spent a couple of great years as a 6th grader living in officer housing at Anderson AFB in '61 and '62. Playing in the boonies behind our house, swimming and hunting sea shells at Tarague beach. Even typhoon Karen seemed like an adventure.
thank you much brought back alot of memories both good and bad assigned to AMS squadron
Awesome video! I've always wondered what Anderson looked like back in the days. We are currently stationed here and we love it! We were stationed here from 07-09 and decided to come back for a second tour. Thank you for posting this video! Oh, and the frogs are still here!
I was stationed there PCS from Oct 66 to Apr 68. Loved it there even though we were working 12 hours shifts 7 days a week for 14 of the 18 months I was there. I would love to go back to see all the changes. We were living at Marbo annex which(if I remember correctly) was about a 30 minute bus ride from the base. I worked on the flight line as much as possible to escape the BS in the shop. I was in what is now called "aircrew flight equipment" so I spent as much time inside the B-52's as some of the flight crews. I remember swimming in the cave below Marbo, climbing down to the reef at low tide. Watching the Russian trawler off the north end of the island. Does anyone out there remember the Typhoon in late 67 where the eye passed directly over Anderson. We had evacuated all of the aircraft to Kadena or Utapao(sp). I looked it up and it was a Cat 4 super typhoon named Gilda with max winds of 150 mph. I had the rare privilege of walking out of the shop on the flight line and looking up to see blue skies and hear birds singing, all surrounded by this circular wall of black churning clouds. It was a sight I have never forgotten. I thought Tarague beach was the best I had ever seen. While there I got to see two Bob Hope specials although from a great distance......officers had to be up close. All in all, I really loved being there. Nothing like seeing 30 B-52's lined up nose to tail, waiting to take off. Great memories.
I was at AAFB on three consecutive TDYs in the TIN CITY Barracks 1971 to 1973. I remember all the mold because we didn't have AC units, as permanent party was reported to have, but still an experience remembered fondly. Do you recall the TIN CITY? where was it located in relation to the runways going off at Turagey? I remember all the Buffs taking off every 8 hours.
@@fannie-robertchavez8356 Tin City did not exist in Apr. '68 when I left. We only had about 80 to 90 B-52's at that time. I cannot imagine what it was like when they had over 100. We were launching 30 planes at a time about every 12 hours if I remember correctly. I used to park the truck between the runways overlooking the ocean. Sometimes we were recovering and launching at almost the same time. Quite an adventure.
Lived there for 90 days tdy about 1969-79. Typhoon evac to Utapao once. ECM Repairman.
I was there 82-83, for 18 month's. 43rd SPS. Loved it, got certified to scuba dive, best waters around.
Thanks for the memories. I was stationed there 1958-1960. Crew chief on single engine jet fighters, F86D's, number on vertical stabilizer was niner, niner five. Pilot graduated from Indiana so Herky the hawk was painted on the fuselage. She is in the place where all fighter jets go that are slow and outdated. It was an island paradise. Still had at least one remaining Japanese soldier hidden in the jungle that surrendered later. Loved the Guamanian people but they got screwed by military and big business.
This is Guam the way I remember it when I lived on Anderson AFB as a child 1959-66. My family used all of the serves in the buildings shown, and we used to go to Tarague beach also shown. Its a heck of a lot different now and so modern that I couldn't recognize it.
Our family was stationed at Andersen Air Force Base. We lived in a Quonset hut. I was 3 and my brother 5 or 6. My dad had served since 1962 until 1973. Honorably discharged Ssgt. Leon Yarzab. I was born on an Air Force Base in Abilene, Tx., and my brother was born on an Air Force base in Bermuda. God bless America.
My dad Sgt. Hubert Thomas Yarborough, Sr. Retired from Homestead AFB February 28, 1963. Before this tour he was stationed to Guam. My whole family went with him to live on Guam, for the next two years. We arrived on Guam December 25, 1956 transported by the USS Sultan. Our first place we lived was off base on property that an old Guamyam owned before WW2. When the Japanese moved into Guam the property was taken over and a compound was built for the Japanese officers to live. When the war was over everything was left and the old Guamyam turned everything into rental property. We lived in one of the apartments. Nine months later we moved into the base housing. In 1957 we took a trip to Japan for 3 weeks. When we got back to Guam we packed up and headed back to the states. Of all the books , movies, and TV this was a lifetime experience. I would love to see Guam one more time. I read about Guam and all the that are going on . We lived around the corner the International Airport. My dad showed my mother how to drive the car when there was no Airport, and walk to the beach almost every day when it was water sand and sky. I could write on and on. Tommy Yarborough from Roxboro, N. C. Misses Guam.
Became a member of the "Knights of the Altar" at Chapel One in 1961. Played my first baseball game on AAFB in 1960. Received my first Advanced Swimmer patch at Capehart Pool. First time as Tenderfoot Boy Scout was on base. Mowed my first lawn on Andersen. Met Bob Hope and many famous people at the Bob Hope Show sponsored by the USO. Encountered my first typhoon, Typhoon Karen, on base. Such devastation! Saw the last B-47 leave and the first B-52 arrived.Saw my first plane crash on landing and take-off. Saw a K-9 Training presentation,live. And many more adventurous tales to mention.
I probably played baseball against you at AAFB that year. Thanks for sharing.
Was there in 1972, lived in tent city. Had a great time.
Lived on Guam long before the Vietnam War, from 61 to 63 - Guam was a total paradise then. After school we would run to the pristine beaches - it was an amazing place - one I will always remember. Was also there for Typhoon Karen, category 5 typhoon, no one heard about it b/c of our military. It was a week before the Golden Bear (Pacific Far East Lines ship) sailed into port. My Dad was Operations Manager for PFEL in those days.
I was there at the same time - in 6th grade. It was an absolute wonderland for a kid my age. My sister and I spent way too much time at Tarague beach. Even typhoon Karen seemed like an adventure. My dad was a pilot at Andersen AFB. In my mind now it all seems so magical
Loved my 3 years there, 79-82, 43rd SPS.
Lived here 1960-64 and Yes we managed to survive Typhoon Karen 1962 (I think we were without water & electricity for several days and not school for 3 weeks!) I learned how to swim at the new(at the time) NCO pool because I nearly drowned at Tarague Beach. EXCELLENT place to grow-up as a kid.
Survived Super Typhoon Pamela 1976...
We were there, then, also. Lived on Carabao. That was a doozy of a typhoon!
Was also there at that time and went through Typhoon Karen. What an adventure for a 12 year old kid!
Jim Lombard I was there from 65'-67' Worked at AFRCOSTA the couriers. We were next to the terminal in the little building between weather and the combat defense squad muster station. The weather was great, the in flight kitchen was always good for "Emergency midnight meals" for a favor since the base chow hall only promised Montezuma's revenge if you were lucky. Loved the liquor prices. a quart of Chevis was $3.25 and beer was .75 cents a six pack.
Stationed at Andersen from 4th of July 74 until October 75.....worked in the 43rd SPS, first on the flightline humpin those 16 B-52's we had on alert....then managed to train with U.S. Customs and Navy Customs as a Air Force Custom's agent. Managed to get in a nice air conditioned MAC terminal working the weekly military flights back and forth from S.E. Asia and Japan, etc...was right in the middle of OPERATION NEW LIFE when we began evacuating Vietnamese refugee's into TENT CITY on Guam, That was a grueling time with 12 hour shifts 7 days a week with over 100,000 refugees going through the island back to the states after the fall of Saigon....in April 75. Was quite an experience.
got to the 43rd in 75 and worked customs in 76. Who was your customs Flight chief? I worked for Msgt Huitt and Ssgt Clark
@@fishtank1209 Hello. I worked for MSgt Huitt as I recall. I left Guam for stateside in October 75.
Fantastic shots, very nostalgic, well done.
My dad was stationed at NCS from 65-67. Went to school in Dededo and swam at Tarague beach.
Great beach!
I was TDY there in 72 from Carswell AFB. Returned to Carswell Feb 73 and PCS back to Guam in Aug 74. We loved every minute there...even during Typhoon Pamela. Always wanted to go back for a visit.
I was TDY 1965 Arc Light( the first group ) from Carswell AFB 7th Bomb Wing 7th CES Welding and Sheet metal shop. I was cross trained in MMS and went TDY to Anderson AFB worked as a bomb assembler in the Igloos and revetments. Did not get anytime off just to sleep Got to Agana once but there was nothing then...
know every one of those spots well. Dad would get off work at midnight (ARC Light Planner) and we'd head down to tarague beach and catch lobster till 4am. Always had lobster in the freezer. Nobody but us went out there at night. The Skyview open theater we called the "washout" for obvious reasons. Even better than a drive in ! This video was like a flashback. Was there in 65-66 and 71-74. Guam was good! Went to Dededo and JFK on the second trip, swam on the swim team, no typhoons hit. Went back in 2009 to chase the typhoons ironically. Southern part of Guam was unchanged - like stepping back into time. Tumon is built up - was just a sandy beach for BBQing then - but the food is still awesome. That water was so blue and clear. Lived in the Florida Keys for 13 years and it doesn't even come close to Guam. What a great place to grow up.
Also there in '71-73, working in Accounting & Finance, lived at Marbo barracks then at Tent City when all the NCO's came over TDY - we had to give up our "cushy dorm rooms", ha. Those B52's that bombed Hanoi came from Guam. I watched em take off one right after the other. Really enjoyed touring the island, riding my cheap motorcycle off road..till it got stolen by some locals. Dated a local gal for a while, nothing to shout about there, hehe. Marbo was 6 - 2 story barracks that also housed local civilians that worked on base. I also enjoyed going to the "outdoor" walk-in theatre on base. Women were very scarce on base(not counting the lifer's daughters...16 will get ya 20) so if you wanted a date you had to go into Agana. It had a few hotels but hadn't really developed into a resort area yet. I do remember several Naval bases on the rock, and we even had a football rivalry going with them playing most of the games at Andersen. Bob Hope came to put on a USO show there...that was a blast seeing that. It was packed with AF and Navy personnel. Good times.
Lived there from 71-74 also. Went to Dededo too. Lived at 1971-A Capehart....great times. Wish I could go back. The beach, Tarague , was amazing!
Our family lived there from 1972-1976. My husband worked 12-hour shifts for the first two years we were there. Our youngest daughter was born in 1974 at the Naval Hospital. We lived in Barrigada for one year and then on Andersen AFB, Carabao Ave. for the remaining 3 years. Left a couple months after super typhoon Pamela. I loved it there. Great times and great people! My kids and husband looked like natives by the time we left. Me, I just sunburn :).
My husband was there from 3/72-5/73 he also worked 12 hour shifts. Almost died when a B-52 took off when he was still working in the wheel well.
@@diannmyers1019 My husband was a mechanic on the B52s then. He said he remembers that incident and said maintenance got into a whole lot of trouble over it. Did your husband have to stay onboard for the entire mission then or did they return to the base? My husband was always curious about that.
Was stationed there during Bulletshot, from Barksdale AFB, Autopilot troop, got my OJT out of the way fast and spent most of my time working graveyard shift, those were some hectic times. Seems like only yesterday, but it was certainly
Stationed here in 1966, Operation Arc Light. Not too excited then but our perspective changes with time. Fondly remember the Airmen's Club (E-4's and below, Yey! Well drinks were 30 cents, others 50 cents. Remember listening to the juke box to Percy Sledge's, "When a Man Loves a Woman", the Righteous Brothers', "You've Lost That Loving Feeling". These were hot on the charts in those wonder years. Not much in Agana other than a department store, believe it was named the Town House. Clearly etched in my memory is the sight of the B-52's coming back at night after a bombing run. Their combined lights formed a staircase in the sky as they descended. That was a beautiful unforgettable sight.
I was at AAFB on three consecutive TDYs in the TIN CITY Barracks 1971 to 1973. I remember all the mold because we didn't have AC units, as permanent party was reported to have, but still an experience remembered fondly. Do you recall the TIN CITY? where was it located in relation to the runways going off at Turagey? I remember all the Buffs taking off every 8 hours. Formerly Powered AGE
In November of 1967, Columbus AFB, MS Crew E-13 became the first B-52D crew to complete 100 combat missions in SEA, a total far surpassed by many other crews in the following years. We were proud to have been the first, and Gen. Paul McConnell gave us our 5th Air Medals in the briefing room at Andersen AFB. An unforgettable time and experience.
I was with the 605th MASS (aerial Port) stationed 69-71. Watching the clip brings back memories. Tarague Beach was my favorite.
Island is nothing but condos and hi rises now. Wouldn't want to go back there now.
Yeah, this is a pretty good video to peak the interest on what Guam used to look like. I was a rug rat there from 67 to 69 (dad was 1st sgt for a B52 maintenance squadron) and had a complete blast between going to JFK and scuba diving and everything else you could do there. I was back from 73 through the end of 75 in the Navy stationed at Navfac Guam at Ritidian Pt. The last time I was there was in 1977 and it had changed a lot...love to go back again just to see it one more time!
Sorry, my name was and still is Mark Itzko. Aerial Port (605th MASS) 69-71... Great memories, lots of good times and friends. Met a good friend and roommate after 46 years, Pat Wren
I was there from 8/71 to 11/72. AMS squadron. Nothing but B-52's and Tankers. There were over 200 D and G model 52's parked. About 30 Tankers. And always some strange cargo bird to drop in on us. I actually got to work on the Blue Angels. They were F-4's back then. Navy was unable to support them there. But my roomie and I spent a whole weekend fixing the F-4's and the C-130 Marine support bird. Radar hadn't worked in months. We got a nice letter from the Marines for our effort. But no raise. Hah. We pulled 12hr shifts, 6 days a week. Lived in Tin city. Wasn't fun........but have wonderful memories. Was there when the last known surviving Japanese Soldier was found. Weird. Drove around the island many times. At the time.......the world's largest McDonalds was downtown. Tallest building on the island was the Air Traffic control Tower on Anderson. I would love to go back and see what it is now. Certainly not the same. It's very civilized now. Shame. I liked the old Guam. I got to go to Tinian and help set up an emergency landing system for the 52's that came back with hanging bombs. I saw where the Enola Gay was launched, and the bomb loading pit. Amazing history. I don't ever remember a 52 needing to land at Tinian. But I do remember a few landing with hanging bombs. It was a 12 hr mission from Guam to Nam and back. And we turned the birds around in 72 hrs. Some sooner depending on maintenance. We launched 72 52's a day. Do the Math. And almost as many from U-Tapao, Thailand. I was there TDY in 1970. Our wing was responsible for bombing the Ho Chi Minh Trail in Cambodia and Laos. It was classified then, but has since been declassified. If you like humid....you will like Guam.
Thanks for your service. I also was assigned to the 43 AMS, airborne communications. Love the B52 & KC 135!!!!
96 OMS crew chief on D models, as well as Kc-135's. Same years.
My father was TDY there during the later Linebacker Operations at the close of the Vietnam War. He flew onboard special (USAFSS) configured KC-135 made into Airborne Radio Relay Aircraft flown deep over Noth Vietnam.
I flew into Anderson Dec 1967 and was stationed on the Pride is AS19 at Apra Harbour. Left Guam Sept 1969
Talk about the Skyview open area theater, we landed early one evening from a combat mission and got back to the BOQ just across the street. Our whole crew lined up and shot a salvo of parachute flares over the building and into the crowd while the movie was in progress. When the APs arrived we were all fast asleep! Ah, memories, memories of a happier, more patriotic time . . . . .
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Hi Leslie: What an unusual reply to a light-hearted comment I made about Guam. The "Willy Victor" that you asked about was an RC-121, the military version of the famous three-tailed Lockheed Constellation. It was flown by the Air Force, Navy and Marines as a long range (often anti-submarine) search aircraft and was one of the most beautiful of all the propeller driven aircraft (See attachments).The gentleman who sits next to me at our church flew them from Argentia, Newfoundland out in the North Atlantic years ago, patrolling for Russian subs during the height of the Cold War. Do you still live on Guam? I have many fond memories of the island also. Regards, Derek D.
My kids loved going to that outdoor theater. Always brought an umbrella during the rainy season :).
My grandfather use to work here at the Open Mess as the Chef for the strategic Air Command ..." Guardian of the Pacific "
WOW ... Its great to see how Guam looked back then, Guam is way different now.
TDY there in 69 for a month fixing radios. Went back in the 90’s fixing elevators in Agana. Still hot, and still carrying guns in Merizo..
Spent early 74-75 here, great memories, even though it was during Vietnam. Would love to go back and see the difference now.
i was there same time.43rd security police from april 74 to dec 75
@nlcatter my father was stationed there in '65/'66( B-52 Mech.) I also believe the guy at 1:47 with his fingers in his ears is my dad. I don't know how or if it could ever be confirmed, but it was interesting to see where my dad often talked about. He said, "there were frogs all over the place."
I was stationed there 1989-1991 and was there for the SAC/PACAF transition.
We were stationed there 83-85! As a 7 year Guam was the most boring place ever! You can only go to the beach so many times. But I am thankful for the experience :)
I was TDY from Dyess AFB in '73. Not a bomber on the runway at Dyess but when I arrived at Andersen it was hard to believe my eyes. Seemed like every B52 in the Air Force inventory was stationed at Andersen. Accommodations were less than 5 star at tent city but working 12 hour shifts, 6 days a week made tent city seem like the Ritz Carlton.
Robert-Fannie Chavez
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I'd like to share your memories of Tin City. I was SAC from Dyess AFB, TX lived in Tin City. I am trying to recall where the complex was in relation to SUGAR, CHARLIE and NANCY runways. Charlie was the center where we did light maintenance on powered AGE.
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You may have seen my husband there working on the B-52's. You may have read the article about him in the Stars and Strips. He was still working on a B-52 when it took off. Luckily he knew where the hatch was and was able to get to it.
I’m sure we crossed paths- I was with the 96th AMS/Bomb/Nav though most of ‘73 I was stationed TDY at Andersen AFB. Glad your husband got out safely!
Spent a lot of time at the NCO club near the SSBN submarine base. Good price on the drinks. Remember one waiter who was really good at serving us drunks. His name was Greg. That was in 1969.
jim west i was there from 73-74 43rd sps worked flightline got to go to saigon during new life. clark to saigon each day for a week.then back to guam
Hey I was 43rd SPS from 72-73. When I arrived there were six B-52's and two KC-135's on alert, and two of each in stand by. Then arc light hit and they moved us to tin city, then a few months later into tents near the bowling alley. I hated the damn place with a passion. I worked WSA most of the time, bit did my time before that humping the ramp too. My favorite place I worked before WSA was the POL pipeline at the south end of the field. I would go to about halfway between the length of the pipeline and sit there until I saw headlights then I'd get up and pretend to have been walking. It was a great place to hide there use to be bushes there that no one could see me LOL. When arc light started we had so many people they made up things to guard. If you were ever in WSA, in the alarm monitors room, just inside the door of the battery room there was a big hole in the wall. I did that, trying to learn how to use a buffer. I've sometimes wondered if it's still there.
Sam Mundy, I was stationed there from 83 to 85 . lot of good times there. lot of long days also. 43rd Transportation, vehicle maintenance. used to get good BBQ at the Latte stone on sat. morning
wow. 2:39 epic view of Hatgana back in the 60's
A long time ago...was there April 1972 to Oct 1972 the full 179 day TDY then back to the World and then TDY to Clark AB for Bulletshot. First was Arc Light.
I was in Bulletshot for 179 days then back after 30 days leave on Linebacker 1.
Did you ever get to town and see a movie at the Johnson theater
I was there in 1973 Operation Bullet Shot from McCoy Afb we were the last to leave the base out of all SAC units.Funny how they didn't show tin city we all lived in.
+lyle anderson No, this is a feel-good movie. I was there in 82-83 and I heard about the tent cities, people smoking dope all day and no one cared because the troops were working 7-12's.
We busted butt for the war machine for sure my choice was beer pool basketball after J-57 shop for 12 hr shifts ...beer parties on Friday.We were packed in like sardines so your right....no need to see that.
Once a Upon a Time. There are probably more houses now. Still beautiful! 😊
Stopped there on my way to and from Vietnam. I vividly remember the carpet bombing raids from the 52’s that I would imagine either came out of Guam or Thailand.
We sent 2 flights a day from Guam when I was there in 1972-1973.
I was there 1972-1973. We were stuck out in the jungle at Marbo barracks coz they gave the TDY bomber crews the housing on base.
I was at Andersen AFB from ''85-'87. I worked out in the bomb dump. Loved the job but really didn't care for the island.
My Father Serve U.S.AIR FORCE Anderson Air Force Base 1965 also Serve Brentwaters England 🇬🇧 81th Fligher Wing Vietnam 🇻🇳 Fixe B-52 Bomber F-105 Thunder ⛈️ chief F-4 Phantom 👻 C-130 KC-135
Guam is beautiful ❤
Stationed there 72-73 "Looking for license plate "non registerable" "THE ROCK" Anderson AFB Guam Any ideas?
Sam Cook- Great name! Do remember Tin City? email if you do
Robertandfannie@outlook.com
I served my sentence on center ramp, on the G models. I also left in Apr of '73. I tell you that island was F%$# up. We worked 12 hour shifts and a lot of the time 7 days a week. I was there for the Christmas bombings. We were launching so many aircraft at one time we had to drag the AGE equipment from one plane to the next. I think there was like 20,000 TDY troops when I was there. They had tin city 1, tin city 2, tent city 1 and 2 and all the crews were staying downtown in luxury hotels. I lived out in Marbough about 15 miles from the base. It took about an hour and a half to get to and from work. 12 hour shift + 3 hours of travel time X 7 days a week = very little time for eating get laundry done, writing a letter and sleeping. A lot of things happened while I was there. It was an interesting tour of duty. It was a beautiful island if you got to see any of it. It would have been a great tour for a married guy that was PCS. I went back about 2 years later when they were sending all the Bullet Shot airplanes back to the states. I would like to go back someday. To visit for a night or two, NO MORE THAN THAT.
Grow up!!!. You could have been closer to the action. Yes, it was hot, humid etc however, you again could have been closer to the action. Last Grow up!!!
+John Seigal That was his story, it wasn't brash, he can tell it like he wants to. I appreciate his rendition. I was there 82-83 so all we had was peacetime BS, probably worse in ways than war.
Big problem there with brown tree snakes.
I bet they were very busy Dec'72!
wow was there in 1965 , fall - humidty
0:53 is my pops he worked at headquarters,always playing jokes on his co-workers, oh the short one on the left,like one time this guy kept taking his box chocolates so oneday he came with a new box but removed the real stuff,and melted exlax, and laughed all day watching the guy hit the toilet, and wiping hot pepper on envelopes, for the guy that was sending out mail everyday, does anyone remember playing darts all day i was always there with him when i was 3,4,5 master sgt james rodgers(jimmy)
funny how back then they do not require ear defenders when you marshall an aircraft...all theuy used were fingers in the ears :)
FYI. There are NO Frogs on Guam. BUT there is an overwhelming population of TOADS. When We frist moved to Guam Back In 1957 we lived on a small housing project called perm base. On Turner st. After the "Wet" season started theses critters would be everywhere and I remember my mother cringing from the sound of the wheels of the car making a horrible thumping or slapping sound from running over these guys. Not too much you could do. there was thousands of them .
I was in Guam TDY after I left the Philippines, 1972 tent city.
I was at AAFB on three consecutive TDYs in the TIN CITY Barracks 1971 to 1973. I remember all the mold because we didn't have AC units, as permanent party was reported to have, but still an experience remembered fondly. Do you recall the TIN CITY? where was it located in relation to the runways going off at Turagey? I remember all the Buffs taking off every 8 hours.
If you were in tent city, im hoping you remember Tin City. Robert
I was there from 1/71- 6/72 as an AGE tech. Lived in the nice barracks until they expanded the mission and was transferred to Tin City to make room for all the TDY officers . I drove the bus that took guys down to the beach after my shift on the flight line was over. I had a ‘67 MG Midget that I loved touring the island in and had fun swimming at the Inaronhon (sp?)pools, bar hopping in Agana, and snorkeling and spear fishing inside the reef. So many great memories, even the short TDY to Utapou (sp?)AFB in Thailand. Made some good friends, both enlisted and dependent. Would love to hear from anyone who might recognize my name or wants to share stories from this time in history!
My name is Joe Parker, fyi
I born 1998
station at naval communications station 69-70 have good times there
Too bad they could not show Tin City...without the ones living there no B-52 would have done anything...period...
Robert-Fannie Chavez
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please email me robertandfannie@outlook.com
I'd like to share your memories of Tin City. I was SAC from Dyess AFB, TX lived in Tin City. I am trying to recall where the complex was in relation to SUGAR, CHARLIE and NANCY runways. Charlie was the center where we did light maintenance on powered AGE.
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Headed there after tech!
yes the frog definitely exist. One of our ramp patrol fire crews brougth one into the fire station wrapped up in newspaper and plopped it down on the pingpong table. It sat there glistening with the poison oozing out of its skin. Freaky.
served a pcs tour 67-69 with the 3rd mms in the bomb dump.
Are you related to Lt. GENERAL ENNIS C. WHITEHEAD HE WAS MY UNCLE VISITED ME IN 1950. IM 84. WANT TO WRITE A FILM ABOUT HIM PLEASE SAY HI GOD BLESS.
awesome B52 ,it hurts in every way to the bone
Spent the summer of "69" on this tropical paradise FMS AGE I was TDY.
My mom works there in the exchange
sorry my name is donna Ortiz was Wilson back then
hahaha
92 oms
Remember the toads !
remember the rats! big ones. the day i landed flying in all we saw was b-52 tails. one taking off and landing every min and a half almost 24 hrs a day.we was in barricks by the chowhall.
james carver
What squadron were you in, and when were you there ? I was SPS 72-73. I got to Guam three months before the Arc Light flights restarted, we had six Buff's on alert, that was all there was besides the Grey Ghost.. Then on day after a night shift they cam banging on our doors telling us we had to move to Tin City to make room for the air crews. The B-52's then started to arrive until they filled the ramp.
WootTootZoot
forgot which flight worked swing shift. got there in april 1973. worked most in alert area sometimes up on suger 88 when c-5s where there. when i made e-4 got to be entry controllor to alert area. we had 12 buffs and 4 kc-135 on alert
james carver
I left in April 73, we probably just crossed paths when you got there. I remember hearing there was a guy in CSC that found out his wife was doing the nasty with one of the other CSC ComPlotters. The story was he went in to start his shift and ended up holding a gun to the guys head for about an hour until the Flight Chiefs could calm him down. Did you ever work WSA ? I was there most of the time. We use to climb into the old guard towers and watch the Buffs leaving and watch out over the North end to see where the Russian survey ship was.
WootTootZoot no i workeg flight line the whole time sometimes got posted on suger 88 C-5'si was there for the earth quake and the typhoon then left for north daktoa in dec.
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Amen to that bro...God Bless..
June 3, 2023
Irene Laca Imanil (real grand daughter of Agripina Ferrer, daughter of Orlando Ferrer Imanil and Norma Laca) calling from Waikiki Public Library that the US airbases seem to work against me in the 21st century of digital age. I know I am listed at AAFB because I am not there. What a backward display of royal heritage. Here at Hickam, I am not listed because I am here, but someone else is me and going by my name. It strongly suggest that Hickam is not mine because I am here. However, once I leave HI, I am listed at Hickam but that in the airbase of my new destination? No, I have to register at Hickam upon my departure from HI with escort of military to my new destination to be un block. But if I'm not escorted to my new destination, I can be block at the airbase of my new destination? Then a politician from the state has to pick me up and escort me to the airbase or the politician will pick me up to his or her house or hotel and escort me to the airbase several days later.
What if Kennedy (my fight with the airbases of US is with Kennedy) block me? Rules of Engagement must work. All fake Irene Imanil in my new destination must release my name. I will ask for Mr. Robert Mueller to stand at the gate to ensure I am un block, or I will ask for the US President to stand at the gate, but would he? He'll assign someone to be there.
How is Orlando Ferrer Imanil, Orly Laca Imanil (with Norma Laca), Myra Laca Imanil (with Norma Laca) and Ligaya Charfauros Imanil (Orly Laca Imanil's daughter) in GU today? They are the remaining generations of Agripina Ferrer-Imanil in GU.
Go IRAN
When a typhoon hit Okinawa, me,mom,and my asshole brother would goto shelters and dad went to Guam with planes